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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “newsrooms”
Where the money went
The Groundtruth ProjectBoston, MACharity · may take applications
337 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $22,337 to KERA-FMTHE TEXAS NEWSROOM — to host newsrooms to support report for america corps members
Largest: $1.1M to PROPUBLICA — to support high-quality investigative reporting and data journalism in local newsrooms across the country.
Open Campus MediaWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to CAL MATTERS — partner newsroom support
Largest: $450,000 to GROUNDTRUTH PROJ — 79279 surging report for america's efforts to improve newsroom diversity to strengthen local news that can in turn strengthen our democracy and country
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
6 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2022Largest: $1.0M to PROPUBLICA — increase the capacity of 10 local newsrooms in new orleans, mississippi and new mexico to take on deep-dive investigative work essential to democratic governance and equity in vuln…
Largest: $400,000 to Global Investigative Journalism Network - GIJN — supports advanced investigations and safe tech infrastructure in newsrooms.
Largest: $733,334 to MUCKROCK FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — core support for mlk50: justice through journalism, a memphis-based nonprofit newsroom focused on accountability journalism at the intersection of power, poverty and policy, and co…
Largest: $600,000 to THE MARSHALL PROJECT — to support the data and analytics team in providing analysis and training to small newsrooms and reporters nationwide
Largest: $150,000 to Local Media Foundation — to support the creation of an ai community journalism lab that will focus on newsrooms that serve underrecognized communities and an industry report highlighting lessons learned.
Largest: $250,000 to POINT PARK UNIVERSITY — to support the next generation newsroom, which will fill critical gaps in local news and information while creating and sustaining pathways to careers for young journalists with di…
Largest: $1.0M to STATES NEWSROOM — program support
Online News AssociationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $33,500 · through 2024Largest: $13,500 to PRO PUBLICA INC — 3m truth in science award, small/medium newsroom; gather award in community-centered journalism, overall excellence, medium/large newsroom; university of florida award for investig…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →